Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-07-11
a1uuth' s Column.
Too Many Dolls


beautiful dolls and six sets Of dishes
/ 1t does seem 4 pity that they eouldn'
have selected something else If you
sophie. were not done with toys, IL
be glad to supply YOU but I'm afral'
nv friends wouldn't like it if l shouI,
give away their presents. :
While Hattie was speaking he
companion, a girl Of sixteen, wa
trying to decide the best way t.
breach a subject which she felt tina
she ought TO mention. Hattie haC
always been so petted by numerOu
chiIdIess relatives that it never seem
ed to her that any other child coulC
possibly want the things which sht
cared 50 little about.
Il heard such a pathetic Gttl,
story Yesterday; a true one, too
said Sophie, at last
What was It do tell it to me -
lone Of the nurses at the city Hos
pitaI was in to see mamma. and she TOLD
rs that one Of her patients IS 4 little
girl about ten years old who has s
fractured hip, ard will be confined tC
her bed for ever so long. She Is very
poor her mother Is q widow with
three girls younger than this one
little Mamie Ryan. The child suf-
fers L good deal, but is very patient
and docile. The other day she walked
up from 4 nap, and said oh, I've had
such q lovely dream. l think the
angels must have whispered it to me.
| dreamed | was sick In bed, like I am
now. and that | was so tired, having
nothing to do, and nothing to play
with presently l heard soft noise
at my pillow, and when l looked
round, the FAIRIES had been there and
left such 4 5e-au-tifuI dolly, 1t had
real hair, soft and yellow, and fine
silk dress on, and even little shoes
on her feet, Oh. | can see it now, if l
shut my eyes so it's most as good as
if l really had her, isn't it The poor
child has never had nice doll, SO of
course it is the one thing she Graves. =
Poor little Mamie :" said Hattie
wiping tears from her eyes. And
here l am grumblIng because [ have
too many dolls Sophie, don't you be-
ieve this is like the one she dreamed
about: and, as she spoke she held up
q pretty lady doll, dressed as if for
a party, with lace-trimmed petticoats
with silk stockings and bronze kid
slippers, with pink silk and velvet
costume, made quite in the fashion,
and with '.reaI7 golden hair and
movable blue eyes
.sShe Is lovely"
VIII you ask that nurse to take her
70 Mamie for me-"
Suppose we go down to the hos
pital ourselves, and give the doll to
Mamie: That will please her still
more she gets lonesome lying there, -
suggested Sophie.
Within an hours time the two
girls were walking down the chill
dren's ward Of 4 large hospital. The
long rows Of little white beds were
clean and neat. and the room was
light and CHEEKY, but it was not
home mother" could not be there
all the time, and though the little
sufferers were far better cared for than
they could possibly be in their own
houses. some Of tPem looked visit
fully at the new corners. as if wishing
the visitors were to approach them.
As they approached Nannie's cot,
the nurse held up a warning finger
the child was asleep. Hettie nodded
and smiled and expressed by dunk
show that now the chld's dream
might come true; she tiptoed tc
her side, and gently laying down
the doll, stepped back to wait Nan
MES awakening, which came in q few
seconds, as she never slept long at :
time.
Three or four of the children neal
her were eager witnesses of this little
scene. and when she began TO stir
their pale little faces glowed with an
ticipation, and they raised themselves
on their thin elbows to see the result
No words can express the emotion:
on Nannie's face as she slowly opened
her eyes. She lay mouonless for {
few seconds. as if fearful to dispe
the sweet vision: then reached fOrtt
her hand and touched the doll TO SET
if it was real then with q cry Of de
light, she drew it To her (she cOulC
not move her body and exclaimed
s'Oh, its q real, truly doll The
fairies have brought it at last, IT.
the very one the angels whispered Il
me about, Just look at her, nurse
See her curIs and her little shoes
And. nurse, take her just minut'
over to little Mary Brady; cause sh'
Is like me and can't move TO see It.
Hattie now came forward, and thu
nurse told Mamie that she haC
brought her the doll. Then Nanni'
said, ..Sure, the angels told you t.
give it to me, didn't they now"
'.SOphie told me about your dream
so that put It into my head TO bring
/ It. answered Hattie.
'And God put into SOphie's hear
to tell Hattie" said the nurse gently